Computer simulations is a fundamental tool of the design process in many engineering disciplines including aerospace engineering‎.‎ However‎,‎ although high‎-fidelity numerical models are accurate‎,‎ they can be computationally expensive with evaluation time for a single design as long as hours‎,‎ days or even weeks‎.‎ Simulation‎-driven design using conventional optimization techniques may be therefore prohibitive‎.‎This book explores the alternative‎:‎ performing computationally efficient design using surrogate‎-based optimization‎,‎ where the high‎-fidelity model is replaced by its computationally cheap but still reasonably accurate representation‎:‎ a surrogate‎.‎ The emphasis is on physics‎-based surrogates‎.‎ Application‎-wise‎,‎ the focus is on aerodynamics and the methods and techniques described in the book are demonstrated using aerodynamic shape optimization cases‎.‎ Applications in other engineering fields are also demonstrated‎.‎State‎-of‎-the‎-art techniques and a depth of coverage never published before make this a unique and essential book for all researchers working in aerospace and other engineering areas and dealing with optimization‎,‎ computationally expensive design problems‎,‎ and simulation‎-driven design‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Leifsson Leifur
• Publisher‎:‎ Imperial College Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781783266289